Iowa Files: From Rarebit Burgers to Carrot Juice

Sun Jan 12 2025 at 02:30 pm UTC-06:00

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Iowa Files: From Rarebit Burgers to Carrot Juice
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Wini Moranville reviewed restaurants for the Des Moines Register for 15 years. She writes about the highs and lows of the job in her new book, Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All. Yet many years before she became the “Datebook Diner,” she worked in a number of iconic (and long-gone) Des Moines restaurants—from the straitlaced Baker’s Cafeteria to the hippie-run Soup Kitchen, from the beloved Younkers restaurants (the Meadowlark Room, Tea Room, and Parkade Pantry), to an erstwhile Country Kitchen. For this appearance, Wini will discuss the chapters of her book that cover her time spent in these restaurants, and tell of how each later helped her approach her work as a food critic with a mix of high standards and genuine compassion. A Q & A session will follow.
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